Gas heater for sadirons



O. H. FRANK- GAS HEATER FOR SADIRONS. APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1921.

Patented Aug. 1, 1922.

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OTTO H. FRANK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GAS HEATER FOR SADIRONS.

Application filed April 6;

- New York, have ii'ivented certai-n new and useful Improvements in GasHeaters for Sadirons, 01"" which the following is a full, clear, andconcise description.

My invention relates to gas heaters for sad irons, and comprehendsdevice of this type admitting of rather general use and adapted forheating sad irons of the-kind commonly used in the household as well-asby tailors and other persons for pressing clothes and the like by hand.My device also admits of use for broilingand toasting, as well as forheating various articles.

More particularly stated, I seek to produce a device of the generaltype'just mentioned, and in which I make use of a minimum number ofparts, the various partshaving such. form as to enable them to bereadily made by casting or otherwise. I further seek to give the partssuch form as to render them easy to standardize, and to admit ofquantity production.

In addition, I seek to give the parts such form as to enablethe deviceto be operated with the use of comparatively little gas, and to effect asaving of time and labor upon the part of the operator.

In addition, I seek to give various parts of my device such form as toprevent the heat employed from doing damage to certain fragile parts ofthe device and from unduly melting the wax a portion of which is car'-ried by the device.

My invention has other advantages, described below.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawings it'o'rming a part of thisspecification, and in which like reference characters indicate likeparts throughout the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my device, certain parts connected therewithbeing shown in section.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of Figure 1, looking in thedirection indicated by the arrows.

A casting 4t is made in the form shown, and comprises three pan-likemembers 5, 6 and 7, all integral, the panlike member 6 being providedcentrally with a hole 8, and the pan-like member -7 being similarlyprovided with a centrally disposed hole 9.

The pan-l ke member 5 p ided. with Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1922.; 1921. Serial No; 458,878.

lugs 10, and the pan-like member 7 is pro vided with lugs 11. The lugs10, 11- are rounded, as shown in- Fi'gure '2, and serve to supportthedevice upon a table or the like, as indicated at 10 A cleaning pad 12rests upon a disk 13 of asbestos or other fireproof material in sheettorr'n. This is for the purpose of prevent- 111g the cleaning pad I2from scorching or burnmg in consequence of heat from the pan-like member6.

The cleaning pad, 12 may be of the usual or any desired construction.

At 14 is shown a cake of Wax, resting upon a disk 15 of asbestos orother fireproof material, in sheet form. This disk 15 has a tendency toprevent the cakeof wax from melting in consequence of heat from thepan-like member? It also tendsto prevent the wax, if unavoidablymeltedto a greater or lesser'extent, from running out through the hole9. i

A casting 16, entirely separate from the casting 5, is provided with aledge 17 and with an upwardly extending supporting flange 18 and withribs 19'," these parts being integral. By means of screws 20 whichextend through the ledge 17, the casting- 1 6 is detachably held inposition upon the panlike member 5. The casting 16 is furtl'ier providedwith burner nipples 21*, serving the purpose of gas burners 05E smallsize.

The general contour of the casting 5 and that of the casting'G togetherwith the upwardly projecting flange 18 is more or less analogous to thegeneral contour of a sad iron, so that when a sad ironis rested upon theflange 18 it will neatly cover this flange and the parts immediatelybelow it.-

The casting 5 is provided with an annular lug 22 integral with it, andextending throughthis annular lug is a pipe 23, provided with a handvalve 245 and with a throat 25. The pipe 23 is further provided with airholes 26 located in immediate proximity to the throat25. The pipe 23 isfor supplyingthe gas, admixed with a suitable quantity of air into thecasting 5, the gas then passing upwardly through the burner nipples 21.

The hand valve 24 may be adjusted at the will of the operator in orderto control the flow of gas. The throat 25 and holes 26 are used in theconventional manner for securing the proper proportion of air in the gasused. V p

or cheese, or even for broiling meats The device is quite economical inthe use of gas, owing to the fact that the gas nipples 21 are soarranged as to distribute the burn ing gas uniformly against the underface of the sad iron.

Between the upwardly extending flanges 18 are spaces18 through which theburnt gases, vapors and flames can escape. I

My device can be used for toasting bread or cooking certain smallarticles of food. It

can also be used for heating a ladle or. the

like, and for very simple metallurigal operations, such for instance asroasting a small specimen ofore, r I

The form of the casting 4 renders the casting specially adaptable forthe purpose of being secured upon a board, atable, or

ally suffices to light one or two of the jets,

and from these the othersare lighted automatically. In practice, a matchis applied almost anywhereover the top of the member. 16 while the gasis passing upwardly through the burner nipplesQl, the result being thatthe lighting of all of the gas jets is virtually simultaneously. 1

When the device is used for ironing, the

sad iron is rested upon the flange portions 18 as above described, andheated by the gas flames. .Thesad iron is generally moved by hand, andits; under face is cleaned and partially polished by rubbing it over thecleaning pad 12. Theiron is occasionally uponthe'top of the wax cake 14,so as to take a little wax upon its face, in the manner well. understoodin this art.

'By the use of my devlce, owing to the convenience 111' the arrangementof the parts, a considerable saving of time can be effected.

1' do not l1m1t myself to the precise mech anism shown, as variatlonsmay be made therein without departing from my invention, which iscommensurate with my claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. A device of the character described comprising a pair ofcastings'detachably connected, together and each having'a contouranalogous to that of sad iron, one of said castings beingprovided withup wardly extending fiangesand with ribs, said ribs and fianges'beingintegral with said last mentioned casting, and means for admittingcombustible gas in between said castings. g

. 2. A device of the character described comprisin means for supportingand heating a sad iron, and a plurality of pan-like members integralwith each other, and disks of asbestos located within said pan-likemembers.

3; A device comprising a hollow casting having the general proximateform of a sad iron, a casting provided with a number of panslike membersintegral with each other, .said

second-mentioned casting bein, l detaehably mounted upon first-mentionedcasting and having a general contour analogous to that of asad iron,said secondementionedcasting being provided with a plurality of burnernipples extending from said pan-like members, said second-mentionedcasting being further provided witlrupwardly extending flanges forsupporting a sad iron.

4. A device of the character described comprising a pair of castingsdetachably: connected together and having when thus connected a generalcontour analogous to that of a sad iron, one of said castings beingprovided with a number ofupwardly ex;- tending flanges for supporting asad iron, and being further provided with anumber ofupwardly extendingribs and with-burnerv nipples interspersed between said ribs.

5. A device of the character described comprising a pair of castingsdetachably connected together so as to form when thusv connected ahollow member having general contour analogous to that of a sad iron,one of said castings; being providedwith upwardly extending flanges forsupporting a sad iron and further provided with a number of burnernipples located intermediate said upwardly extending flanges.

OTTO H. FRANK.

of the character described

